Spurs, No. 6 (last week No. 4): They’re mature enough to quickly move past Monday night’s disaster in Miami — it means as much as their 30-point win over the Heat 10 days earlier — but it’s not a good sign for the postseason when Chris Bosh resembles an actual dangerous post player against Tim Duncan and the Spurs’ interior. Can they beat the Lakers when it counts? It will take more than home-court advantage.

Spurs, No. 1 (last week No.1): Prediction: predictions about how well the Spurs will handle the playoffs will be erratic. Some fear the team’s age and relative luck in terms of injuries this season. Others accede to the team’s incredible experience with each other and the mystical beast that is postseason basketball.

Spurs, No. 3 (last week No. 2): After a loss to the Lakers on March 6, coach Gregg Popovich strategically altered his starting lineup for the first time this season, pulling second-year pro DeJuan Blair in favor of 36-year-old Antonio McDyess at center. McDyess has been the slightly better defender this season and the Spurs have been yielding more than five additional points per game since the All-Star break. But as with every contender, the more salient question is how San Antonio can reckon with the Lakers’ length. And now that the Heat have demonstrated they can utilize superior athleticism to collapse the vaunted spacing that keys San Antonio’s three-point offense, there are more chinks in the armor of what has become perhaps the least-respected 54-13 team in NBA history.

Ranked No. 4 on Wednesday. Also ranked with a 98.8 percent chance of winning the Southwest Division, 92.5 chance of the West’s No. 1 seed an 18.8 percent chance of making the Finals (behind the Lakers at 36.8 percent) and a 9.3 percent chance of winning the NBA championship (behind Chicago at 22.9 percent, the Lakers at 21.5 percent and Miami at 12.3 percent).

Spurs, No. 3 (last week No. 3): The Suns shot 41.2 percent on 3s in 2009-10. Which is significant in San Antonio because that’s the only team in the past 10 years with more team success from deep than these Spurs, who are hitting at 40.2 percent.

Spurs, No. 1 (last week No. 3): It’s hard to nitpick a team that’s 54-12, but the Spurs’ still aren’t playing the defense Gregg Popovich wants, allowing 107.5 points per 100 possessions in March. This week, with visits to Miami (Monday) and Dallas (Friday), would be nice time to show some improvement.